Text, Selecting text shortcuts, Typing special characters – Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS User Manual

Page 2: Entering special text, Finding special characters and text, Text ruler controls

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Text

Selecting text shortcuts

Typing special characters

Entering special text

Finding special characters and text

To find text, choose Find from the Edit menu or press

2

-F.

Text ruler controls

Word

Double-click word

Line

Click line three times

Paragraph

Click paragraph four times

From insertion point to
beginning of paragraph

Shift-Option-

C

From insertion point to
end of paragraph

Shift-Option-

D

Extended selection

Click at one end of selection, then Shift-click the other.
Click at one end, then press Shift-

C

or Shift-

D

Whole document

2

-A

From insertion point to
beginning of document

Shift-

2

-

C

From insertion point to
end of document

Shift-

2

-

D

For this character

Press

Text symbol

1

1

To show text symbols, click

or press

2

-; (semicolon).

Space

Space bar

Non-breaking space

Option-Space bar

Tab

Tab

Paragraph return

Return

Line break (soft return)

Shift-Return

Column break

Enter

Page break

Shift-Enter

Section break

Option-Enter

For this text

Choose from
the Edit menu

In the document
you see

Automatic date

Insert Date

Updated date

Fixed date

Option-Insert Date

Fixed date

Automatic time

Insert Time

Updated time

Fixed time

Option-Insert Time

Fixed time

Page number

Insert Page #

Page number

Fixed page number

Option-Insert Page #

Fixed page number

To find this text

Type this in the Find box

Space

Space bar

Non-breaking space

Option-Space bar

Tab

\t or

2

-Tab

Paragraph return

\p or

2

-Return

Line break (soft return)

\n or Shift-

2

-Return

Column break

\c or

2

-Enter

Page break

\b or Shift-

2

-Enter

Section break

2

-Option-Enter

Automatic date

\d

Fixed date

(Date)

Automatic time

\h

Fixed time

(Time)

Automatic page number

\#

Fixed page number

(Number)

Backslash (\)

\\

Center

Drag to set the
first line indent
and left margin

Drag to set the
right margin

Drag to set the
first-line indent

Drag a tab marker to
the ruler to set a tab

Click to align a paragraph

Double-click and type
to change settings

Click to
decrease

Center

Justify

Left

Drag to set the
left margin

Decimal

Left

Paragraph margin

Paragraph alignment

Tab markers

Line spacing

Click to
increase

Click to
decrease

Click to
increase

Double-click and type
to change settings

Number of columns

Right

Choose a
paragraph label

Right

Paragraph style

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